Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] [adj] [noun pl] ['s] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | To achieve this in four years ' time I would be doing |
| 2 | So , although we are seeking approval now , for the whole total , we will in fact pay half in six months ' time er as is normal procedure on , on our water bills . |
| 3 | Now she will have to spend another three years behind bars instead of walking free in 11 months ' time . |
| 4 | At five o'clock we wandered back ; after all , it might get dark in fifteen days ' time . |
| 5 | So we recommend an inquiry — in three to five years ' time into the extent to which card users ( in particular , users of more than one credit card ) are using their cards to spend more than they judge prudent . |
| 6 | For example , knowing how may people aged between fifty and sixty are alive today , together with knowledge about the death-rate of this age group and their state of health , enables the state to plan the number of places that may be needed in residential homes for the elderly in twenty years ' time , as well as the level of home help provision that will be necessary . |
| 7 | German exporter expects to receive $ 100,000 in three months ' time . |
| 8 | Rather than saying that £100 invested today at an annual rate of 10 per cent will yield £110 in 12 months ' time , we say that £1 10 due in 12 months ' time has a present value of £100 today . |
| 9 | If some of those who proposed it are proved right in several years ' time , I hope that I will admit as much , but I have grave doubts nevertheless , and they are shared by a large number of heavyweight people in the Scottish universities . |
| 10 | It could be that you 've never taken your family abroad on holiday , so you set yourself a little objective , that in two years ' time , I want to take them all , even if it 's a damn package deal on a flight to Tenerife , do it , will you feel good , will the family enjoy it ? |
| 11 | A staggering 52% — mostly females — said they expect rates to be higher in 12 months ' time with a consequent knock-on effect on mortgages . |
| 12 | You 're seventeen in nine weeks ' time . |
| 13 | Given the time it takes to write and then publish a book , our apparently insatiable appetite for the stuff causes real problems : the satirical observation conceived now is likely to look at best , a little tired , and , at worst , incomprehensible , in twelve to eighteen months ' time . |
| 14 | KITCHENS OF DISTINCTION , Tooting Broadway 's finest , who issue their ‘ When In Heaven ’ / ‘ Glittery Dust ’ 45 on One Little Indian in two weeks ' time , play |
| 15 | How many SSDs will be able to say the same in five years ' time ? |
| 16 | Yesterday it said the issue would mature in 23 to 28 years ' time , which will make it the longest-dated gilt available in the market . |
| 17 | Vision is the picture you have of profit in two to five years ' time , and how you 're going to achieve it |
| 18 | The real boost for cellular radio will come in two to three years ' time with the introduction of the Europe-wide service , GSM . |
| 19 | ‘ This may rise to about 20 in three years ' time if we do well . |
| 20 | This would mean that a buyer would pay 99,000 and receive 99,000 plus 1,000 in three months ' time . |
| 21 | It is only the baseline from which a repeat exercise can be carried out , in seven to 10 years ' time . |